The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' (1977) is probably the most influential film of my generation. That work was the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way westerns had to our parents' generations, it left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, everything that any of us does is somehow directly or indirectly affected by the experience of seeing those first three films.

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on this "Star Wars" movie, we talked about a young woman at the center of the story from the outset. And it was something that was always an important part of this movie.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.

You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.